For Seyfried, who recently spoke with IndieWire via Zoom, the nature of dramatizing figures like Holmes is almost akin to watching “Titanic.” “I don’t know about you, but I still have this weird hope that it doesn’t sink,” she said. The series, written by Elizabeth Meriwether (“New Girl”), tries to get at the heart of what made Holmes strive for success, and her subsequent failure. Part of what Seyfried found interesting was how Meriwether interpreted Holmes’ unknown though process....

In the single episode the network made available for press, it sets up a clash between two determined rivals: international arms dealer Federova (Baccarin) and relentless FBI Agent Val Turner (Bathé). Directed by the “Fast and Furious” franchise’s Justin Lin (who is also an executive producer), the episode opens with a series of coordinated bank heists that leave the FBI flummoxed. Federova and Turner are introduced separately, their personalities immediately established....

The Oscar-winning Miyazaki (“Spirited Away”) humanized the stylish Lupin in “Cagliostro” by making him a gallant hero as well, rescuing a princess in distress on the way to seizing his treasure. Fittingly, Yamazaki borrowed the theme for “Lupin III: The First” by having Lupin rescue a brilliant archaeologist, Laetitia, in search of a mysterious supernatural artifact that connects both of their ancestries. “At the core, my movie is about saving a girl to be free and that is very much the same as ‘Caliostro,’” Yamazaki said via a translator....

But even when chainmail isn’t involved, it’s the look of the costumes that bring us closer to characters in the past or make them seem all the more imposing and distant. It’s the one place where maximalism and lavishness are always acceptable – “Bridgerton” isn’t a show with costumes; the costumes are in many respects the show. Costumes also offer the subtlest, intuitive distinctions of character — the cut of Hansu’s and Isak’s coats in “Pachinko” tells you everything you need to know about how they move through the world....

And while the change might take some viewers by surprise, it’s just the latest adjustment being made by streamers anxious to keep an equilibrium in a television landscape as volatile as it’s ever been. But back in the beginning, there was only Netflix. And in 2013 when the entertainment monolith dropped the first season of “House of Cards” wholesale, it revolutionized the way we watched TV. Suddenly, audiences were no longer content to consume television, they wanted to binge it....

“I think what the script provided was a new narrative and some new opportunities that did make room within the Matrix universe for a new Morpheus,” Abdul-Mateen II teased to Entertainment Weekly in October. “I play a character who’s definitely aware of the history of the Matrix [and] the history of Morpheus. This character is on a journey of self-discovery. There’s a lot in our story that’s about growth, defining your own path....

Appearing on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” Skarsgård revealed that he was given the used thong as a gift at the end of the shoot. “The end fight takes place on an erupting volcano and we’re naked,” he said. “I mean, where else would it be set? So, that’s what I wore for a week, and my character’s quite wounded so he’s bleeding a lot, profusely, so that was my wrap gift....